Baltimore's co-tenants, the Orioles and Ravens, couldn't come to an agreement that allowed the Super Bowl champion Ravens to open up the season at home, a tradition for teams who hoisted the Lombardi Trophy in February.

Both teams have kept quiet about the spat, but on a conference call with reporters Thursday night, Rex Ryan, a former Ravens defensive coordinator, voiced his opinion.

“Well who really cares, you’ve got 81 at home, maybe you could have done the right thing and given one up and then played 82 on the road and then 80 at home,” Ryan said.

He added: “You have a chance to have the defending world champs open up the season at home where they rightfully should. That’s unfortunate.”

“Certainly I can understand, if baseball only had a 16-game schedule you might understand it,” Ryan said. “But when they have 162 games, you might just have common courtesy and say, you know what, maybe I’ll play this one on the road or whatever.”